Author: Alan Gartside

Florencecourt and Ballymena have produced lots of updated tables to let you review your performances. They’re all to be found at “Resources>OneDrive Public” and then at: “NISeries” The official version of the table is on its way for publication on the NIOA web site but you’ll find a copy here. The next event is the fourth after which discards come into play. “Colour Standards” The revised list after Florencecourt shows quite a few folk consolidating their colour standard by being able to discard last year’s distant memories. “hCOW>hCOW2022” The colour event series tables include the Florencecourt results in Event6 and Read More …

Go to “Resources>OneDrive Public>hCOW>hCOW2022” to see the scores and handicap adjustments arising from WEE4. Amongst the 3 times scorers it’s now Billy Reed leading with 20 points, then Anastasia Mahlych with 26 and, keeping it in the family, Chloe Reed with 30. Following next week’s event there will be a series table showing your scores to date and the variation in your handicap allowing you to look back on your performances (and hopefully learn from them!).

Due to the membership renewal of John Crozier (welcome back, John!) and his appearance at WEE2&3 the handicaps after WEE3 have altered by a few secs/km from those published on Thursday. There has also been a ripple effect on the scoring with Anastasia Mahlych still leading on 13 points followed by Billy Reed on 15 and Mark Pruzina and Kenny Weir on 17. Don’t forget that hCOW is a regularity test so keep those mistakes at bay (or keep making the same ones each time!).

The hCOW outcomes from WEE3 at Barnett Demesne can be found at “Resources>OneDrive Public>hCOW>hCOW2022”. With three events gone and therefore with some folk having 2 scores it’s newcomer (welcome!) Anastasia Mahlych leading with 13 followed closely by old-stagers Mark Pruzina and Billy Reed on 14. Until the August fixtures are determined the number of counting scores can’t be finalised but it will probably be about 7 so you need to get results posted asap. An event variance of -56 secs/km shows things are getting faster, possibly due to the flat, therefore speedy(!), legs across the University playing fields.

The table can be found at “Resources>OneDrive Public>hCOW>hCOW2022”. It shows 23 folk (those who also ran at Hillsborough) scoring their first points with the list being ordered by variance i.e. the amount by which the on-the-day speed improved on handicap, showing Dai Wilson (middle of the list) scoring fewest penalties. Although all 23 went faster than handicap 11 of them, who didn’t improve as much as Dai, have had their handicap increased for Barnett’s next week. With Barnett’s also being a parkland terrain there shouldn’t be as big a variance in the results (although it is Fred Hamond doing the Read More …

It can be found in the hCOW2022 folder at “Resources>OneDrive Public>hCOW>hCOW2022”. It shows the starting handicaps for those who completed the Long Course at Hillsborough. It gives you two options; you can either try to remain consistent and score as few place points as possible or try to reduce your handicap over the series. If you didn’t get to Hillsborough don’t worry as your first appearance down the line will set your handicap.

I don’t know if the MOO will be at this summers WEE series but at least hCOW will be in action, with handicap calculations being applied to the Long Course results. With the variability of the technical difficulty, from Hillsborough bomb craters to Antrim Castle parkland to UUJ urban terrain, your handicaps may show more fluctuation than those of the colour events but at least they will allow you to track the reasons for your good (and bad!) results and hopefully improve your performance. Until the August events appear in the fixture list the number of counting results can’t be Read More …

If you haven’t jetted off to South Wales for the JK you can still get some O-kicks by reviewing your performances over the last few events by way of the club folders, now available via the link “Resources/OneDrive Public”. In “Club Colour Series” can be found the final Spring Cup table – that’s based on place points with the two lowest scores to count. In “Colour Standards” can be found your present standards situation with the best 3 results in the last year to count. This also shows that there is still a trickle of new members (welcome, Anastasia and Read More …

The final Spring Cup standings have been posted to the club OneDrive but, unfortunately, with the restriction imposed by the need to login they can’t be viewed at present. As before, if you really want to see the full table let me know. However, it’s congratulations to the class winners: Billy Reed – Green Senior Men Moiré O’Sullivan – Green Senior Women Daniel Earnshaw – Green Junior Men Richard McCourt – Orange Senior Men Norma Rea – Orange Senior Women James Ewart – Orange Junior Men Yellow Junior Men – Aran Power Yellow Junior – Connie Rogers

The NISeries, Colour Standards and hCOW tables have been updated following the last two events. Unfortunately there is a fault on the website whereby the “OneDrive Public” link requires a password to access the folders. If anyone wishes to peruse the tables in detail let me know and I’ll send them a copy. The NISeries tables are available on the NIOA website. In hCOW, where it’s place points that count, miserly Moire O’Sullivan is leading the way amongst those with 4 results to their name; in the 3 results group Aine McCann has a one-point lead over Ric Gamble. Until Read More …